One morning, Taki awoke to discover he was a high school girl named Mitsuha who lived in a small town in the boondocks of Japan. That same day, Mitsuha awoke to discover she was a boy named Taki who lived in Tokyo. However, the following day, each has only a dream-like memory of the switch that quickly fades though the antics and errors do not. The two swap on a regular basis and soon develop a means of communicating with each other to stay apprised on recent events. Each first asks "What is your name?" Mysteriously, a comet binds them together but offering more than that is a spoiler.
Here is a standard anime movie that is done quite well. The art work is top notch, the characters are fun, and the teenage awkwardness is classic anime fare. Writer/Director Makoto Shinkai is being compared with the legendary Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki has far more fantastical stories and settings, whereas Your Name fits nicely into the real world in a Freaky Friday sort of way.
Clearly, the box office success and wide release show that this is a cross-over film for those who are not generally fans of Anime. Thumbs up!
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